BlockWalker, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Blackville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29817. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1923 USGS Williston quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 890 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whaley | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Healing Springs | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Reynold | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Blackville | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Elko | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rosemary (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Farrells Mill | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Williston | 6.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251310. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.